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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think those little leagues that have not tried softball should. Softball rec leagues comprising of an entire county are not true community program leagues. Little League softball is and should be the way to go.[/quote]

Which softball rec leagues comprise an entire county? Some have larger footprints than other but the whole point of rec league is that they kids are playing in their own neighborhood. Little League programs focus on baseball, which is fine, but the girls never get a fair deal.[/quote]

I'm in Charlotte and we simply don't have enough girls playing softball in any of the rec leagues in the county. There's a separate county-wide softball league for girls as a result. Many of the youth sports associations here that sponsor Little League (or Cal Ripken) will also sponsor softball through this local league. Believe me, softball parents would love it if their was enough interest to do truly rec softball and not have to travel around the county. Unfortunately, there's not, and this is how we make softball available to our girls. And it least with this model, the girls are on teams with other girls from their local community. It's not like Suzie is playing on a team 30 minutes across the county with girls she doesn't know. She plays with the girls who live near her, many of whom she probably goes to school with, or they go to another nearby school. It still supports that community feeling.

I've heard similar stories from around the country. There's just not enough girls playing softball to have true rec programs like those that exist in baseball.[/quote]

By my count there are 7 softball little leagues in Fairfax County (SCLL, CSLL, SYA, GFLL, MLL, WLL, and FLL) and 7 independent leagues (BRYC, NVGSA, VGSL, CYA, FHYAA,  SYC, and HRYS though they play Loudoun leagues). That doesn't include Arlington (AGSA), Alexandria (ALL), Loudoun (LSLL, LGSL, WLGSL, LLGSL, AGSL) or Prince William counties (PWGFS, PWCSLL) who might play with or against these leagues. If anything we have too many opportunities for the number of girls who might possibly play softball in northern Virginia, making each league smaller and necessitating interleauge play rather than allowing for a few bigger leagues that can build in more parity.[/quote]

That does seem like too much for one county.  [/quote]

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